Twin Buttes
Twin Buttes rises to 2,047 m in Wyoming. Gunnysack Benchmark stands 2,761 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Haystack Buttes, a peak 3.5 miles away. Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway passes 14 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49085968, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2047 m
How to reach it
- 14.3 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
80 named places within 25 miles
- Haystack Buttes: 3.5 mi
- Bear Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Horse Peak: 9.6 mi
- Ice Cave Mountain: 12.2 mi
- Chalk Mountain: 13.2 mi
- Beartrap Meadow County Park: 14.9 mi
- Rotary Park: 16.9 mi
- Goodstein Park: 18.9 mi
- Yesness Park: 19.5 mi
- Adams Park: 20.4 mi
- Tate Geological Museum: 20.9 mi
- Fort Caspar Museum: 21.2 mi
- Tate Geological Museum: 21.3 mi
- Ida Goodstein Visual Arts Center: 21.5 mi
- Werner Wildlife Museum: 21.6 mi
- Greasewood " Rescue Site Martin Handcart Company.: 17.4 mi
- Red Buttes Crossing: 17.6 mi
- Telegraph Road Camp: 19.4 mi
- Emigrant Gap: 22.5 mi
- Dry Creek Rim: 14.5 mi
- Dugway Rim: 18.7 mi
- Fourmile Point: 19.2 mi
- Shirley Basin Rest Area: 8.3 mi
- Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 15.5 mi
- Deer Spring: 17.9 mi
- Shirley Basin: 19.5 mi
- Prometheus: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Twin Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnysack Benchmark | E 85° | 2,761 m | 22.6 mi |
| Reno Hill | E 80° | 2,642 m | 18.6 mi |
| Davis Peak | ENE 76° | 2,557 m | 24.0 mi |
| Muddy Mountain | NE 40° | 2,521 m | 13.5 mi |
| Six Horse Hill | ENE 77° | 2,448 m | 16.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | S 178° | 2,441 m | 24.9 mi |
| Chalk Mountain | SSW 192° | 2,434 m | 13.2 mi |
| Lookout Peak | ENE 74° | 2,429 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:05 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:50 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bates Creek #2, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1595775 — Twin Buttes, Natrona County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356505062
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- Casper · 22 mi
- Central Wyoming · 22 mi
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